Sources: The Straits Times
Japan begins the discharge of treated radioactive waste water from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. 2023-08-24
North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile towards Japan, prompting evacuation warnings for residents in the prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata. The missile landed about 1100 km off the Japanese coast in the Pacific Ocean, with the launch likely not successful. 2022-11-3
Japan reports a record of more than 2,400 new cases, according to official figures. It comes as many prefectures such as Osaka and Hokkaido report record numbers of new cases, prompting governors across the country to raise the alarm. 2020-11-20
The death toll of the heat wave in Japan rises to 57, while 18,347 others are hospitalized. 2019-08-7
South Korean President Moon Jae-in announces plans to create a Northeast Asian railroad community with North Korea, the United States, China, Japan, Russia, and Mongolia. 2018-08-15
Heavy rain in Japan prompts the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. At least 38 people have died in landslides. 2018-07-6
A North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Japan, triggering the J-Alert system, following a similar event on 29 August. 2017-09-15
The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. 2015-04-16
The cabinet of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe approves a record defence budget with a plan to buy surveillance aircraft and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to improve security of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China. 2015-01-14
Japan's Cabinet approves a record ¥92.4 trillion budget for 2011. 2010-12-24